Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-07-28
Potosi.

IS visiting with her grandmother Mrs.
S. Lewis of this city
Miss Sadie Coons intends visiting in
Waukon, Iowa, this coming week
and will also witness the marriage of a
lady friend in that city.
Miss Mamie Stephens, of Rockville,
has quite large class of music scholars
in our city. Her sister Miss Lille, is
attending Mr., Showalter's Normal
Review at Cassville.
Miss Mile Kaltenback is visiting
her aunt Mrs f. Kaltenback, of Elkader
Iowa, She will continue her visit till
the first of August.
Misses Jennie and Mary SCHNEIDER, of
Prairie du CHEN, Wis are visiting with
their uncle Mr. Christ Cellar.
Miss Mertie Sprague returned home
from a two weeks visit with her sister
Mrs. Galloway, of Bectown.
A telegram was received Saturday
announcing the death of Mr. Henry
p. Bell, formerly of this city, who has
had charge of store in Pierre Altos,
New MEXICO. Particulars | could not
learn but will mention them later.
Andy Kaltenback carries rs fine a
black eye as one wants to see. And
Andy keeps shady and doesn't aspir
to pugilistic fame.
Miss Mary Cooper, of Mount Ida,
Wis, is visiting with her brother-in- law
Mr.. Rob Jordan.
Miss Liza Elwell, who has been stay
ing with her sister Mrs N. Turner, and
attending school, returned to her home
near Cassville on Friday last.
Mrs I. X. Stephens and family,
who have been visiting with relatives
in Plattevllle for the past two woeks.re-
turned home on Sunday last. She will
continue to carry the same stock OF the
latest styles of millinery goods.
Free bus to an from the depots, is
the hotel cry in this city, but the tired
out. hungry, fisherman walks up fIom
the river just the same as they did fifty
years ago.
. The school grounds are being cleaned
up and a general improvement being
made, and in few years they will
have as beautiful school yard as may
be seen.
Mr.. Sam Stephens has finished cut
ting his grain and feels quite eated
over his crop. San says he's got the
'best binder in the vest he has run it
five years and only missed binding ten
bundles in that length of time, but let
Billie Langstaff get down to business
and lac will talk that idea out OF his
head.
There was crowd of Potosians
down TO Dubuque Wednesday to wit
ness the performance of Sells Bros.
circus, but they were sold as the circus
passed through that city.
Mr.. John Lonagon, of British Holl Nv,
had very narrow escape from being
killed last Friday He was cutting his
oats with his binder and wishing the
horses 10 go faster he got off and drove
them up, they started to run and as he
tried TO get back in the seat his foot
slipped and he fell in the chain that
runs the fetter His neck and face
were badly cut and torn, but he was
able to get on horse and come to town.
Dr. Artz took charge of him and sewed
up the wounds on his face and neck
and Saturday he was at work again
His binder was badly broken, probably
beyond repairing.
The smelling company which was
started here last spring have finished
their summers work and will shut
down till September They smelted
three hundred thousand pounds of lead
and sold the same TO Mr.. I. Hymer of
this place, aud he shipped it to Chicago.
| The mines around here are better than
they have been for some time and there
are several good prospects being proved
up. The Pump Company's mine looks
better than ever and they feel confident
of taking out more mineral the coming
year than last. They have raised al
together some three hundred thousand
pounds since il was first struck.
noticed in Mr.. Harper's article on
the National Educational Association
that he gives the poor reporter a
"breeze" about their "mental cal5re"
not being sufficient to comprehend The
Importance Of this session. think
you'll agree with me that it was a real
mean trick for that educational CON-
mittee to spring $4,000 school teachers
on these Eight weight and small cali
bred fellows just think what Il stir
and connection fifteen or twenty school
ma ans make in one Of our small cities
when there is an examination held,
then imagine $1,000 of them dropped
down in such a city rs Chicago. is
no wonder ,heir "erratic imagination ;"
could not do the subject justice. Tey
should OF sent for Puck's artist, aud il
is doubtful whether they could cyiye
such WORKOUT "chestnut" as the
country school ma'am.
Sunday afternoon myself aud all my
neighbors rushed TO the windows TO see
who the wedding party was, but one
glance and saw F.W. Moor, and Webb
Taylor and my mind was changed
Pete Baker had on linen buster and
white hat, and in the back he looked
like the happy bride, while Mr.. Moore
was looked upon as the bridegroom.
The party consisted of Webb Taylor,
Frank Bergh, A. w. Moore, Gus
Broadbeck, p. d. Baker and Geo.
Schrum, OF Platteville. They were
down to see Mr.. Pete Baker off on the
train for Butte City, Montana. Taylor
said they were down after ice-cream as
Murphy had shut down on the parlors
in their city. Gus said that good cool
drink of buttermilk would answer all
purposes, but as we could not find the
a,,, t;,ot;o, tha hovs want dry Mr.